welcome to al jazeera america. these are the stories we're following for you. calls for an investigation after a botched execution of an oklahoma man. and we'll have the latest on today's stormy weather. and more reaction and speculation as to what happens next with donald sterling now that he has been banned from the

nba. ♪ we begin with that execution gone wrong in oklahoma. inmate clayton locket, dying not from lethal injection, but from a heart attack on tuesday. pronounced dead more than 40 minutes after his execution halted. minutes after the first drugs were administered he began con as a resulting. that botched execution becausing the state to postpone the execution of a second inmate. several states including oklahoma are now being sued to reveal the drugs used. >> reporter: minuteses after he was given a second drug, witnesses say something went very wrong. >> at 6:39 he is still lifting his shoulders and head off of

the gernny, grimacing. >> so from start to finish, 6:33 the execution started, 6:39 is when they closed the bliengds on us. rbl and what they watched was rocket reportedly twitching and convulsing at one point even uttering words. >> there was some concern that the drugs were not having the effect, so the doctor observed the line, and determined that the line has blown. >> reporter: meaning according to a physician, that drugs were no longer blowing into locket's vein which ruptured. 43 minutes after the first injection, locket, died. >> at approximately 7:06 hours he appeared to have suffered a

massive heart attack and passed away. >> reporter: the botched execution delayed a second execution. and while the governor has ordered a review of the procedures, locket's death will surely place those procedures under more scrutiny. last week the supreme court denied an order to reveal the drugs. and the bungling execution the latest in a string of incidents. earlier al jazeera talked to a law professor. we asked her if and why the drug companies don't want the public

to know what they are making. >> the more information that we get from department of corrections on how they are conducting these lethal injection procedures, whether it's the drug or who is conducting the procedure, or where it's located, et cetera, the more we realize the department of corrections really don't know what 245i are doing. now to those violent tornados since sunday many touching down killing several people. this is a parking lot in pensacola. as you can see it looks more like a pool. florida's governor taking action in 26 counties. >> i declared a state of emergency earlier this morning for 26 counties. we're continuing to see bad weather. it's a slow-moving pattern.

we have three shelters open. highway 10 has now reopened. it was down about for about 50 miles this morning. there is a lot of water on the ground. we're going to continue to see more flooding. >> and thousands of people are still recovering from those deadly tornados that ripped across the nation's mid-section and south. it is being called one of the worst outbreaks in american history. erika pitzi reports. >> reporter: a third straight night of violenting tornados had 22 million people on high alert across the south and southeast. >> it is touching down. it's touching down. >> reporter: tornados also touching down in georgia. one twisted through a residential subdivision near columbus, levelling nearly a dozen homes. the deep south can't catch a break. more tornados on tuesday in alabama and mississippi. >> we're still in somewhat of a

search and rescue mode because we still have calls from people that have been unaccounted for. >> reporter: the deadly twister that ripped through tupelo, arkansas, damaged many building buildings. the aftermath of hard hit areas has thousands of people distraught over their detroyed homes. >> we don't have anything. >> reporter: yet they are fortunate considering others are coping with the lost of loved one. like this family. the iraq veteran died in his home shielding his two young daughters from falling debris. his wife and daughters survived.

>> he was a great daddy. loved those girls and his wife. what a great son he was, you know. i wish you knew him. >> and as you can see from the radar, it's not over yet. >> no, and we have been talk about the severe weather with all of this. the hail, wind, and of course tornados. over 100 reports, confirmed a couple dozen but now it's shifted more to a flooding risk. the slow-moving storm all the way up the coastline. places like fayetteville in north dakota. pensacola yesterday evening within one hour we had over 5 inches of rain. that wasn't the total, that was within one hour. so it has been very significant. here is that flooding i was talk about. north carolina, you can see a car submerged.

it only takes a few inches to knock over a person, and a foot or two can move your car. so you don't want to drive into this and get yourself stuck. all of these flood concerns are now spreading their way up the coastline. combined with that, though, the fact that we're still going to have really warm air into the southeast. there is a dividing line of the warm air where we still have the risk of strong storms today. >> thank you very much. for more details on the flooding we have been following, head to our website, you can see more on the science behind those tornados. go to aljazeera.com and click on u.s. for the latest headlines. donald sterling receiving

the harshest punishment in the history of the league. >> nba commissioner adam silver addressing the nation yesterday, banning sterling from all league activities for life and slapping him with a $2.5 million fine. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> for more we return now to john henry smith. john the nba says they want donald sterling to sell the team. is it going to happen? >> well, adam silver is take this personally.

>> i am personally distraught that the viewed expressed by mr. sterling came from within, an institution that has historically taken such a leadership role in matters of race relations, and caused current and former players, coaches, fans, and partners of the nba so question their very association with the league. >> all right. so del, two things seem to need to happen to force this sale. number one, 22 of the 29 other nba owners have to vote to approve this sale, and by adam silver's remarks yesterday, it seems he feels he already has that support, and they have to weather the storm if donald sterling decides to fight this in court. >> and that's the question everybody is asking right now is will he fight? >> he is a lawyer by trade.

he spent the better part of his adult life in various courtrooms either trying cases or defending himself in other cases, one in discrimination in a renting lawsuit. he also has owned this team for 34 years, so i would say it's highly likely. many expect him to fight it on the basis of anti-trust, saying the other owners are impeding his ability to compete at a fair level. >> if he is forced to fight he will be under a lot of pressure, great duress. what does that mean for him and the value of the team? >> i don't know that it necessarily means that he is going to get less than fact value. the last two teams to sell in

the nba were the mill roy i can bucs and the san jose kings. he paid $12.5 million, so if he gets at least that he is making a handsome profit. this is a team that is in one of the hottest markets in the united states, l.a. and there will be a lot of suitors -- already music mobile david geffin, and others -- and the city of seattle said they are determined to brig the nba back to the emerald city. now the cav vaut is he will

have a high tax price. >> thank you very much. there has been a small glimmer of hope in the search for the missing malaysia airlines. the underwater imaging technology locating what appears to be the wreckage of that plane about 120 miles south of bangladesh. that's a long way from the current search area. australian authorities are down playing the images. they have officially now ended their aerial search for the plane and are ramping up their undersea foefrts. >> we don't know what the cost will be until we decide where we're going to search, what assets will be used and who will supply those assets. >> malaysia's defense minister says he will go to australia to

discuss the costs. in syria, an air strike today hitting a school, kills at least 18. we want to show you amateur video of the attack. it happened in aleppo. the rebel-held city has been under attack since government forces began their offensive in september. voters in thighland helding to the polls on july 20th. the prime minister was expected to win, but the opposition launched a boycott. anti-government protests have been taking place ever since. in iraq the polls just closed. it is their first national election since the u.s. military left in 2011. they are voting for the country's next prime minister and members of parliament. >> reporter: this is a day many

iraqis will see as being historic. the polls have closed and the day has passed without much incident. this is a day that many thought would never come. election day that pass t without major incident. here in bagdad there were no events at all. the turnout might be as the high as 60%, and that turnout is key. the more people that come out to vote thet more seats political parties will get, and the more seats they get they more they will be able to negotiate with other blocks to form the government. once the get the results then all of the politicking begins, but for today, today is a day where iraqis are smiling. they have come out and voted. in brazil, people gearing up

for the world cup in rio, but it's not all fun and games. some saying the city is dangerous, and officials have a huge security problem on their hands. local residents say the instability is making them feel uneasy. more police officers will be deployed for the world cup that takes place in june. a group coming together pledging that we can do it. coming up on al jazeera america, the original rosy the riveters, plural, fighting to keep history alive.

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is going to decide whether to vote on raising the minimum wage. the proposal is to race it to $10.10. disneyland at shanghai looking to expand. $800 million on the table. disney says it wants to build more rides and offer more entertainment by 2015. all of these women behind me are an important part of american history, and now they are fighting to save a building that played a huge role in world war ii. >> cargoes held up by labor shortage -- >> reporter: during world war ii, the willow plant in michigan turned out one b-24 bomber, every hour. women stepped on to the factory

floor. this plant employed 40,000 workers at its peak, most of them women. including this woman. she became rosy the riveter. a special icon for the women war workers at willow run. >> it was my first real job. so it was exciting. and we made good money. >> reporter: 91-year-old marjorie toiled on the lines in the 1940s. she returned to willow run a couple of months ago to take part in the largest gathering of rosies ever. clad in the same uniforms. >> very exciting really.

i met a lot of people. i enjoyed working here. and i really liked riveting. it was fun. >> reporter: for decades after the war this facility, once the world's largest factory made cars. when general motors went bankrupt the plant was shut down. today it's in danger of being demolished. but a nearby museum is trying to save part of the plant to preserve a piece of history. >> it was rich shally integrated and men and women were unionized. >> reporter: last year the yankee air museum helped launch the save the bomber plant campaign. to purchase 75,000 square feet

of space. nearly $7 million has been raised to repurpose part of this old factory. if those behind the save the bomber plant campaign are successful, they plan to convert the factory into a museum, dedicated to aviation and all of those rosies. michael montgomery says donations are pouring in. he is hoping the plans will soon take flight. bisi onile-ere. and marjorie walters, by the way, no relation. another relic of the past causing a lot of problems. a dust bowl creating a farming disaster. people now struggling to survive.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at that hour. the polls are closed in iraq. it is that country's first national election since the usz military drawdown in 2011. security was tight. and the voter turnout described as high. execution gone wrong in oklahoma, the inmate dying of

massive heart attack rather than being lethally injected. and severe storms pounding the southeast today. in florida those heavy rains turned roads into river. many of the deep south still recovering from a series of deadly tornados. nicole mitchell it will be a while before we dry out. >> definitely. these are some of the images coming out of north carolina, but the more significant rain was in florida. you can see how widespread some of these areas are. you never want to drive into this because you never know how keep it is. we have already had numerous water rescues because of the flooding. the core of this, right along the alabama border with florida. some places close to a foot of rain total, and other places that got 4 or 5 inches within an

hour yesterday. so not is it already up the east coast, on the backside of this, haven't seen snow reports like we saw yesterday, but a cold rain even in minnesota or wisconsin we're seeing that. and then up the east coast this is where all of this is spreading. we probably won't get those foot totals, but as this moves up the east coast through the day today, slow-moving again. two, three inches pretty common in a lot of places. the flood concerns slowly starts to clear out into tomorrow morning, but in the meantime some heavy precipitation up the coastline. backside of this, temperatures have dropped. that rain i was mentioning. it is a cold rain out there. del it is kind of a whopper of a system. >> yeah, it is ugly. thank you very much. there is another weather problem going on out there, but this one sounds more like it is

out of the history books. parts of colorado dealing with dust bowls. >> this is not the desert southwest. at one time, it was some of colorado's most productive land, but today about the only things left arrive are cactus and tumble weeds. russell is responsible for keeping roads over in southeast crowley county. his enemy is the tumble weed. >> everybody sold their cows off, and we the cows couldn't eat the weeds. >> reporter: the fights this with a custom built machine he calls puff the magic dragon. but despite months of work, they still clog the roads.

tumble weeds start out soft and green like this. but then it drys out and grows into this monster. each of these mother plants has 250,000 seed plants. this part of colorado, including areas of new mexico, oklahoma, and texas are experiencing the worst drought since the 1930s. the dust bowl has returned. >> you cannot find any 3.5 year period that has been this dry in the history of this area, with data going back to the 1880s. >> reporter: so this is a quiet ranch. >> it is, now, yeah. this was all full of hay, and then i had cattle on both sides. fed cattle on both sides. >> reporter: what happened to

them? >> i had to sell them. >> reporter: why? because of the drought. >> reporter: county commissioner gary gibson says ranchers are going under. i can't keep my cattle so how do i keep my livelihood, and then how can i pay my taxes. it can be devastated. >> reporter: it was the hot topic at this townhall. they are moping the el nino forecast will finally bring rain. back on county road krus -- russell bennett is in a never-ending battle with the tumble weed. and so can the connastogas

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